Thoughts of a Graduate Student

fuckyeahhotactress: Victoria Justice - Eric Silverberg Shoot...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:53:49 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Victoria Justice - Eric Silverberg Shoot Outtakes

fuckyeahhotactress: Blair Waldorf

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:53:03 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Blair Waldorf

racebending: Think Progress’s article on women in film: The...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:52:56 -0400

racebending:

Think Progress’s article on women in film: The Number Of Women In Top-Grossing Movies Hits Five-Year Low. What Are Women For In Hollywood?

Women are eye-candy, particularly if they’re young. 31.6 percent of the 4,475 characters with speaking parts who appeared in the 100 highest-grossing movies in 2012 who appeared in “sexualized attire.” 56.6 percent of characters aged 13-20 appeared on-screen in such clothing, as did 39.9 percent of characters aged 21 to 39, and that number fell to 16.4 percent for characters aged 40-64. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has a particularly distasteful attitude towards middle-aged women—as Vulture revealed in a startling analysis, leading men tend to get older, but their female love interests stay in a similar age range, shutting middle-aged actresses out of a huge range of parts where they’d be paired against men their own ages. But it is actually remarkable that teenaged characters are actually portrayed more sexually than characters aged 21-39, who might be expected to have more sex and sexual autonomy.

Read the full article at ThinkProgress

discoverynews: Need a morning “boost”? Then this might be the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:44:34 -0400

discoverynews:

Need a morning “boost”? Then this might be the cereal for you!

From oysters and the gonads of hermaphroditic sea urchins, to Viagra and the Horny Goat Weed supplements at your local gas station, there seem to be no shortages of food and pills purported to boost the sex drive. However, you may be surprised where the latest libido booster is popping up: your cereal bowl.

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buzzfeedsports: shawnlevy: Pride not prejudice #rctid *slow...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:44:15 -0400

buzzfeedsports:

shawnlevy:

Pride not prejudice #rctid

*slow clap*

fuckyeahhotactress: Vanessa Hudgens

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:41:29 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Vanessa Hudgens

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:46:21 -0400

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:14:09 -0400

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WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHY I'M STILL SINGLE

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:59:09 -0400

whatshouldwecallgradschool:

fuckyeahhotactress: Emma Watson winning the Trailblazer award...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:47:35 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Emma Watson winning the Trailblazer award at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards

magicalnaturetour: Zoophoto :)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:46:46 -0400

magicalnaturetour:

Zoophoto :)

mensweardog: Your Spring Fling: Floral Prints Floral Print...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:46:39 -0400

mensweardog:

Your Spring Fling: Floral Prints

Floral Print Shirt: Uniqlo | Tie: Club Monaco | Navy Suit: Paul Smith | Linen Pocket Square: The Tie Bar

not shown: Oxblood Shoes: Paul Smith | Shades: Shauns Shades | Watch: IWC Portuguese

quantumeagle: I look up — many people feel small because...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:45:37 -0400

quantumeagle:

I look up — many people feel small because they’re small and the Universe is big — but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity.

That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant, you want to feel like a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you.

That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive…

- Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson [ x ]

Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:45:21 -0400

Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark, that left unattended, may grow into an inferno that destroys Panem.

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:43:27 -0400

sinidentidades: Undocumented immigrants are not taking up ALL the jobs (not the ones you want...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:41:46 -0400

sinidentidades:

Undocumented immigrants are not taking up ALL the jobs (not the ones you want anyway)

Undocumented immigrants are still paying taxes

Undocumented immigrants aren’t taking the easy way out by remaining undocumented

Undocumented immigrants are scapegoats. It’s that simple. They’re another scapegoat being used by the failing capitalist system that’s banking on people’s racism and ignorance to keep people from seeing what the real problem is: capitalism.

fuckyeahhotactress: Emma Watson - 2013 MTV Movie Awards 4/14/13

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:41:27 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Emma Watson - 2013 MTV Movie Awards 4/14/13

sinidentidades: Immigrants Held in Solitary Cells, Often for...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:41:18 -0400

sinidentidades:

Immigrants Held in Solitary Cells, Often for Weeks

On any given day, about 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the 50 largest detention facilities that make up the sprawling patchwork of holding centers nationwide overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to new federal data.

Nearly half are isolated for 15 days or more, the point at which psychiatric experts say they are at risk for severe mental harm, with about 35 detainees kept for more than 75 days.

While the records do not indicate why immigrants were put in solitary, an adviser who helped the immigration agency review the numbers estimated that two-thirds of the cases involved disciplinary infractions like breaking rules, talking back to guards or getting into fights. Immigrants were also regularly isolated because they were viewed as a threat to other detainees or personnel or for protective purposes when the immigrant was queer or mentally handicapped.

The United States has come under sharp criticism at home and abroad for relying on solitary confinement in its prisons more than any other democratic nation in the world. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement places only about 1 percent of its jailed immigrants in solitary, this practice is nonetheless startling because those detainees are being held on civil, not criminal, charges. As such, they are not supposed to be punished; they are simply confined to ensure that they appear for administrative hearings.

After federal immigration authorities caught up with him, Rashed BinRashed, an [undocumented] arrival from Yemen, was sent to a detention center in Juneau, Wis. He was put in solitary confinement, he says, after declining to go to the jail’s eating area and refusing meals because he wanted to fast during Ramadan.

Federal officials confined Delfino Quiroz, a gay immigrant from Mexico, in solitary for four months in 2010, saying it was for his own protection, he recalls. He sank into a deep depression as he overheard three inmates attempt suicide. “Please, God,” he remembers praying, “don’t let me be the same.”

As lawmakers in Washington consider an overhaul of the immigration system, Congress faces thorny questions not just about what status to grant immigrants already in the country, but also about how best to increase enforcement efforts and what rights to ensure [undocumented] immigrants during their detention.

fuckyeahhotactress: Rachel McAdams

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:39:04 -0400

fuckyeahhotactress:

Rachel McAdams